Opinion
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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Virtually Quarantined India Urgently Needs Emergency Fiscal Measures
By Gyan Pathak With invocation of the provisions of Disaster Management Act, Epidemic Diseases Act, and other rules, India has virtually quarantined itself from the world until April 15. WHO has declared the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to alarming levels of, its spread from 48 to 114...
Oil At $20s No More A Dream But Distinct Possibility
By K Raveendran A heady cocktail of ego, frustration, power struggle and one-upmanship is what has led to the current commotion in the oil market, which is of course welcome news for consuming countries like India. After shedding a third of its value, crude has since made some marginal...
Foreign Tribunals In Assam Fail To Do Justice
By Ashis Biswas In parts of Assam, a strong undercurrent of tensions prevails in the post NRC(National Register of Citizens) updating exercise period. Wiser after the highly contentious headcount, bigger minority groups now insist that due legal process should decide citizenship issues, without any involvement of the special Foreigners...
Congress-RJD Relations Deteriorate In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava The relation between the Congress and the RJD has never been affable under the stewardship of Tejashvi Yadav, the person in hurry to govern Bihar. With Congress nursing soft corner towards the former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar the situation has turned more complicated. In fact emergence...
Corona: Kerala Pays For Individual Irresponsibility
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It may sound a bit hyperbolic. But it is shockingly true. Shockingly irresponsible conduct of a few individuals has caused a huge setback to Kerala’s efforts to control the dreaded corona virus. But the Government is battling hard to recover from the unexpected blow, and...
Sanders Is Fighting The Battle For Radical Change
BY C.J. Atkins Super Tuesday II was another round of victories for Joe Biden. Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, and Idaho were added to his column on March 10; as of this writing, only North Dakota went for Bernie Sanders, and Washington state is still counting. After two tough weeks at...
India-China Rivalry In Indian Ocean Is A Reality
By Barun Das Gupta Earlier this month, India was made an observer of the Indian Ocean Commission, recognizing India’s dominant role in the Indian Ocean. The Commission, set up in 1982, has on it Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Seychelles and the Reunion Island. Four countries have observers’ status – the...
Confusion Still Prevails In Madhya Pradesh Politics
By Arun Srivastava Gwalior royal scion Jyotiraditya Scindia quitting Congress has not come as a surprise. Ever since Kamal Nath became the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh with the blessings of Sonia Gandhi he has been feeling uneasy in the Congress. Enjoying the trust of Rahul Gandhi he nursed...
Samajwadi Party Working On Rainbow Coalition With Smaller Parties
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party is working with smaller parties and different cast groups to form a rainbow coalition to take on BJP in 2022 assembly polls. Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh and son Akhilesh Yadav who is national President of the party are in touch with various...
Congress Factionalism Led To Scindia’s Exit
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: It was a tsunami for the Congress. March 9 greeted the Chief Minister Kamal Nath and the party with the shocking news that MLAs and ministers loyal to former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia were not traceable. Soon it was discovered that they were all in...
India Getting Trapped In US-China Arms Rivalry
By Nantoo Banerjee It is interesting to note that the international arms trade in the south and south-east asian regions is fast getting narrowed down between two major suppliers, the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Russia, traditionally a major player, is steadily losing ground to the...
Russia-Saudi Arabia Rivalry Leads To Oil Price Fall
By Anjan Roy As the world is reeling from the spread of corona virus widely in United States and Europe, there was shock and panic in the oil markets and benchmark oil prices dropped by a huge 30 per cent on the opening day of the week. This could...
Uddhav Thackeray’s Insistence On Hindutva Is For Political Survival
By Kalyani Shankar Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray is trying to do a fine balancing act between what he calls his own brand of Hindutva and the secularism of his newfound coalition partners – the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party. Uddhav’s ideological platform revolves around Hindutva, which is...
Two Major Hurdles Before RSS/BJP’s Yet Untamed Hindutva Agenda
By Amulya Ganguli Having secured parliamentary approval for some of the key items on the RSS/BJP’s pro-Hindu agenda such as depriving Kashmir of its special status and enacting citizenship laws based on religion, the saffron dispensation is currently facing only two major hurdles on its forward march. The first...
Modi-Shah Differences On Delhi Riots Are Speculative
By Arun Srivastava Concerted efforts are being made to protect image the Prime Minister Narendra Modi from being further maligned in the Delhi massacre. To accomplish their mission some intellectuals and political analysts have been trying to unearth a deep divide between Modi and his protégé, the home minister...
US Seeking Indian Cooperation In Indo-Pacific
By Ashok B Sharma The US attempt to hammer a peace deal with the Taliban has proved to be a non-starter as far as to bring peace and stability in the war ravaged Afghanistan. The deal with Taliban has no meaning unless a similar bipartite agreement is signed between...
India Needs A Reawakened And Revitalized Congress Now
By Harihar Swarup Is the Indian National Congress facing existential crisis? The answer to that is,tragically, yes. A dramatic turnabout is needed because the Congress is only bulwark against authoritarian juggernaut that is the current BJP-led regime, which is dismantling institutions, polarizing society, marginalizing disadvantaged sections and destroying the...
Yes Bank Fiasco Sign Of Deepening Crisis Of Confidence
By K Raveendran Yes Bank has overnight become a No Bank. The pun is not lost on anyone, including Rahul Gandhi. Media houses have been using it left, right and centre. So much so that it has already become a distasteful cliché, one created possibly in the shortest period...
